NAME.. INDEX NO... 233/1 CANDIDATE S SIGN...... CHEMISTRY PAPER 1 DATE. (THEORY) JULY/AUGUST, 2014 TIME: 2 HOURS KIHARU/KAHURO DISTRICT JOINT EXAMINATION - 2014 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education CHEMISTRY PAPER 1 (THEORY) TIME: 2 HOURS INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES: (i) Write your name and index number in the spaces provided above. (ii) Sign and write the date of examination in the spaces provided above. (iii) Answer ALL the questions in the spaces provided. (iv) Mathematical tables and silent electronic calculators may be used. (v) All working must be clearly shown where necessary (vi) Candidates should check the question paper to ascertain that all the pages are printed as indicated and that no questions are missing For Examiner s Use Only Questions Maximum Score Candidate s Score 1 28 80
Chemistry Paper 1 Turnover 1. Volumes of liquids can be measured using a pipette; measuring cylinder or burette. Explain which one would be best for measuring 19.9cm³ of liquid. (2mks) 2. Use the set-up below to answer the questions that follow:- Magnesium ribbon Wet sand Gas X Boiling tube Heat Heat (a) Identify gas X. (1mk) (b) Explain the following precautions: (i) Wet sand was first heated before heating magnesium ribbon. (1mk) (ii) Delivery tube is removed from the water before heating is stopped at the end of the experiment. (1mk) 3. Give the I.U.P.A.C name of the oxide of nitrogen that:-
(i) Relights a glowing splint. (1mk) (ii) Forms brown complex compound with acidified iron II sulphate solution. (1mk) Chemistry Paper 1 2 (iii) Reacts with water to form nitric V acid. (1mk) 4. The table below gives atomic numbers of elements represented by letters A, B, C and D. Element A B C D Atomic number 7 8 9 12 (i) Name the type of bonding that exists in the compound formed when B and C react. (1mk) (ii) Select the letter which represents the best reducing agent. Give a reason. (2mks) 5. Element R 238 decays in series forming different nuclides as shown below:- 238 R 92 X 234 P 90 Y 234 T 91 (a) Identify the type of decay. (2mks) X Y (b) Give one use of radioactive isotopes. (1mk) 6. In an experiment chlorine gas was passed into moist hydrogen sulphide gas as shown below. Chlorine gas
(a) What property of chlorine gas was being investigated? (1mk) Chemistry Paper 1 3 (b) What observations were made in tube? (2mks) (i) (ii) 1 2 7. The P H of a soil sample was found to be 5.7. An agricultural officer recommended addition of lime. (a) State two functions of the lime. (2mks) (b) Give the name of the process applied in (a) above. (1mk) 8. Name the two compounds formed when magnesium burns in air. (2mks) 9. Production of hydrogen iodide can be demonstrated by the equation. H 2(g) + I 2(g) 2HI (g) Energy KJ/mole 2HI (g) H 2(g) + I 2(g) Reaction path
Explain how the following would affect the yield of hydrogen iodide. (i) Increase in temperature. (2mks) (ii) Decrease in pressure. (1mk) Chemistry Paper 1 4 10. The table below shows elements in the halogen group of the periodic table. Study the table and answer the questions that follow. Element Atomic number Melting point Fluorine 9-218 Chlorine 17-101 Bromine 35-7 Iodine 53 114 (i) Name the element likely to be a solid at room temperature. Explain. (2mks) (ii) Explain why the melting point increases from fluorine to iodine. (2mks) 11. The scheme below was used to prepare a cleansing agent. Study it and answer the questions that follow: Fat Step I NaOH (aq) boil Solution of cleansing agent and alcohol Step III Solid cleansing agent
(a) What name is given to the type of cleansing agent prepared by the method shown in the scheme. (1mk) (b) Name one chemical substance added in Step II. (1mk) (c) What is the purpose of adding the chemical substance named (ii) above. (1mk) 12. A form two student in an attempt to prevent rusting, put copper and zinc in contact with iron as shown below: X Iron Y Iron Copper Zinc Chemistry Paper 1 5 (i) State what would happen in set up X and Y after one week. (2mks) (ii) Explain your answer in diagram Y. (1mk) 13. An element X has a relative atomic mass of 88. When a current of 0.5 amphere was passed through a fused chloride of X for 32 minutes 10 seconds, 0.44g of X was deposited. (i) Determined the charge of element X [1 Faraday = 96500C]. (2mks)
(ii) Write the formula of hydroxide of X. (1mk) 14. In an experiment ammonium nitrate was strongly heated in a boiling tube and the gas Y produced collected as shown. Ammonium nitrate Tube A Junction pump Tube B Heat Gas Y (i) Write an equation for the reaction that occurs in tube A. (1mk) Chemistry Paper 1 6 (ii) State one property of gas obtained by heating ammonium nitrate which is also a property of oxygen gas. (1mk) (iii) Burning sulphur was introduced into tube B after which a filter paper soaked in acidified potassium dichromate (VI) was dropped into tube B. State the observations made. (1mk) 15. In the industrial extraction of lead metal, ore is roasted in a furnace. The solid mixture obtained is then fed into another furnace together with coke, limestone, and scrap iron. State the function of the following in the process. (3mks) (i) Coke.
(ii) Limestone. (iii) Scrap iron. 16. (a) Describe how the following reagents can be used to prepare calcium sulphate. Solid potassium sulphate, solid calcium carbonate, dilute nitric (V) acid and distilled water. (2mks) (b) Give the name of the method you have described above to prepare calcium sulphate. (1mk) Chemistry Paper 1 7 17. Explain why it is not advisable to leave a jiko with burning charcoal in a closed room where one is sleeping. (2mks) 18. When 2g of iron fillings were placed in 100cm³ of 0.1M copper (II) sulphate solution, the temperature rose by 4 C. Calculate the molar heat of reaction given that specific heat capacity is 4.2JgK and density of solution is 1.0g/cm³. (3mks)
19. Study the structure of below: C 3 H 7 COOC 2 H 5 (a) Name the compound. (1mk) (b) Name the compounds used to prepare the above compound. (1mk) (c) What is the identifying physical property of the above compound? (1mk) 20. An organic compound has empirical formular C 3 H 6 O. The molecular mass of the compound is 116. (i) Calculate the molecular formular of the compound (C = 12, 0 = 16, H = 1). (1mk) Chemistry Paper 1 8 (ii) To what homologous series does the above compound belong? (1mk) (iii) Draw the structural formulae of the compound above. (1mk)
21. Identify the particles which enable the following substances to conduct electricity. (i) Aluminium metal. (1mk) (ii) Molten lead (II) bromide. (1mk) 22. 100cm³ of gas A takes 30 seconds to diffuse through a porous plug. While 300cm³ of oxygen gas takes 120 seconds. Calculate the relative molecular mass of gas A. (3mks) 23. The table below shows liquids that are miscible and those that are immiscible. Liquid A 3 A 4 A 1 Miscible Miscible A 2 Miscible Immiscible (a) Name the method that can be used to separate A 1 and A 3 from a mixture of the two. (1mk) Chemistry Paper 1 9 (b) Describe how a mixture of A 2 and A 4 can be separated. (2mks)
24. Explain the difference in bleaching action of chlorine and sulphure (IV) oxide gas. (2mks) 25. In order to prepare hydrogen gas in the laboratory a student set-up the apparatus as shown in the diagram below. Study it and answer the questions that follow. Dropping funnel Conc. Nitric (V) acid Gas jar Delivery tube Trough Water Aluminium (a) Suggest why the student did not collect hydrogen gas. (1mk) (b) In a separate experiment the student reacted iron and hydrochloric acid to prepare hydrogen gas. (i) Write an ionic equation for the reaction. (1mk) Chemistry Paper 1 10 (ii) The hydrogen gas produced was found to have a foul smell. Suggest an explanation for this. (1mk)
26. Study the information in the table and answer the questions below. Substance Solubility g/100g water V 126 W 2 Describe how a solid sample of substance V could be obtained from a solid mixture of V and W. (3mks) 27. The set-up below is used to demonstrate the effect of heat on hard water. Gas Q Water trough Temporary hard water Water (i) Name gas Q. (1mk) (ii) Explain why heating of the hard water produced gas Q. (2mks)
Chemistry Paper 1 11 28. A solution of sodium chloride is electrolysed s shown below. Gas Q Gas P Graphite Sodium chloride solution Graphite Battery (a) Label the cathode and anode. (1mk) (b) Write equations for the reactions at: (2mks) (i) Anode (ii) Cathode.
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